What is a cluster

HPC

A computing cluster is a group of connected computers (called nodes) that work together as a single system to perform tasks more efficiently.

The GAIA/HELIOS cluster is an on-premises cluster of computer systems that enables large-scale computations that cannot be done with regular computer systems. The cluster makes it possible to perform computational tasks that require extremely large amounts of working memory, CPU and GPU, among other things.

General use cases

1. Running long jobs
2. Running many jobs at once
3. Running parallel jobs

Operation system

Linux

Just like most clusters, this HPC cluster runs on Linux